BASE

adj. 1 low, undignified, cowardly, selfish, mean, despicable, contemptible, filthy, evil He must have had some base motive in revealing to her what Martha had said 2 degraded, degrading, menial, inferior, mean, unworthy, lowly, low, grovelling, servile, slavish, subservient, downtrodden, abject, miserable, wretched, sordid, undignified, ignoble, dishonourable, disreputable, vile, scurrilous, wicked, Colloq infra dig Foolish sinners will submit to the basest servitude, and be attendants of swine 3 mean, cheap, sorry, common, poor, shabby, shoddy He cast off his base attire, revealing a splendid suit of armour like burnished gold 4 sordid, offensive, lewd, lascivious, obscene, profane, rude, ribald, unseemly, vulgar, coarse, rude, dirty, indecent, evil-minded, filthy, pornographic The entertainment in that theatre caters to the basest appetites 5 poor, shoddy, cheap, fake, pinchbeck, inferior, counterfeit, fraudulent, debased, forged, spurious, worthless, bad Her jewels look valuable but are, in fact, made of base materials 6 wicked, evil, wretched, corrupt, shameful, currish, loathsome, scurvy, insufferable, villainous They were labelled as base infidels and treated with contempt and cruelty